In the Atmosphere A lot of nice people in Vancouver talking about nerd stuff

What a fantastic conference writeup from @macwright.com, one of the many of you I'm kicking myself for not having a chance to meet

macwright.com/2026/04/05/i...

Floats in ATProto - HackMD Note: I was part of the IPLD team that created the specs/information that is linked from this FAQ.

= Floats in AT Protocol =

a modest proposal by @vmx.cx

hackmd.io/@vmx/floats-...

please share if you <3 #atprotocol and also numeric data types

#datamodels #atproto #whynofloats #float64 #ieee754 #atgeo

rough first version of atmosphereconf VODs up on atmo.rsvp too, more updates coming soon

atmo.rsvp/p/atmosphere...

really love what @stream.place is doing with that vod jam :)

A little step: working on an AppView and small Lexicon to make contribution information modular and transparent - so it is easier to signal if you're looking for support, and how to provide it; will have the repo public soon, and hope to get the alpha public later this week - feedback welcome!

There were so many people… I’m going to be moving back to Vancouver this year, so I’ll be around

The @danabra.mov thing he demoed blew my mind the most … I’m going to dig into that

Definitely enjoyed #ATmosphereConf … super inspired by various talks and hallway conversations. I think next year there’s going to be a lot of talk of going “on protocol”.

Dear lord this talk is good. It's been drawing me in, step by step, since it kicked off. So fucking meta, the wizard of Oz material was everything. Also the Norbert Weiner stuff. And the automotive stuff. Well played @case.bsky.social. thank you #atmosphereconf 2026

"Design is governance".

An image of a uniquely Canadian drink, the Caesar. A clamato-based drink with celery, a savory garnish (olive, tomato, pickles, bacon) and a salt rim.

The only thing I'm disappointed about #atmosphereconf is that @bmann.ca didn't take my suggestion to call the afterparty "A World With Caesars"

🚨 the ecosystem is delicate #atmosphereconf

there's a LOT of enthusiasm + talent, but:

- no magical investor monies
- grant options are THIN
- many first time founders
- many don't want investment
- few other options
- scary macro env

it's a collective challenge

we can just pay for things?

See you soon!

Going to be at #ATmosphereconf tomorrow… interested in civic tech and local journalism tech

First attempt at taking pictures with a 550円 “junk camera”

LoFi/34 is starting at the top of the hour, come join to hear from Martin Kleppmann & builders shipping p2p software.
👉🏽 LoFi.so/

pds-git-remote ⚘ use your pds as a git remote if you want to ⚘

use your pds as a git remote, if you want to

codeberg.org/notplants/pd...

Meet Coop V.0 Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Today, @roost.tools is releasing Coop v0, an open-source review tool for online safety. Run it on your own infrastructure with free child safety detection tools, including HMA for hash matching against known CSAM and the Content Safety API for novel CSAM detection.

github.com/roostorg/coop

Digital Iris YouTube video by Ancient

"Animated Bokeh" has been on my whiteboard for a long time, and this is the result.

I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...

Building for Organizers - The People Layer The most enduring social networks aren’t the prettiest or the most addictive – it’s the ones that empower organizers.

Been mulling over @bnewbold.net's recent post on community spaces and atproto's next frontiers. I wrote about why building for organizers (not just users) might be the key to making it all work.

Finally figured out how to get blackbox exporter monitoring working with prometheus operator and Probe resources. It immediately flagged that I had an expired SSL cert … turns out I had a typo in a YAML file. :-)

This is awesome

Rethinking Digital Storage for Community-Based Archives Over the last few decades, the standard procedure for storing and backing up data has been ‘put it in the cloud.’ Many of us use cloud…

Rethinking Digital Storage for Community-Based Archives medium.com/community-ar...

JetBrains GoLand IDE showing sqlite3 bindings written in Go.

I'm still writing code the hard way. I'm slow. I like to think critically about every line of code and fiddle with variable names until everything looks right. I treat code as a liability and try to ship only what's necessary.

It's hard to imagine writing code any other way.

Exciting news for the local-first community!

1. Local-first Conf Berlin is back on 12–14 July: www.localfirstconf.com

2. The nice folks at @cultrepo.bsky.social have made a documentary about the movement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=10d8...

Local-First Conf 2026 Join us for the third edition of Local-First Conf. Connect with a rapidly-growing community in an intimate setting. Berlin 12-14th July 2026.

We’ve got a save the date announcement today for this year’s Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com - July 11th to 14th in Berlin.

We’re supporting the conference & leaning into some “Day 3” content with some malleable software and other topics.

Add your email to be notified!

Venn - Canadian Business Banking, Accounts, and Corporate Cards Venn provides 5,000+ Canadian businesses with local CAD + USD accounts that earn 2% interest, global corporate cards with cashback, free transfers, and low FX.

Collecting Canadian software alternatives:

cDox (cdox.ca) - Document writing and sharing, Canadian-hosted
Float (floatfinancial.com) - Corporate cards, expense management
Venn (venn.ca) - Multi-currency accounts, low FX rates

Join Blaine Cook, New_ Public’s Principal Software Engineer for Roundabout, at a @getdweb.net virtual meetup this Wednesday from 1-2pm EST

Blaine will present on Roundabout, our new local community app! Folks from @awana.digital and @dod.ngo will also present.

Honestly loving the sound of this.

> as a transitional approach, didplcbft can act as more of a mirror of an authoritative PLC implementation, namely, plc-directory

wdyt @warpfork.bsky.social @bumblefudge.com @mythik.co.uk @bnewbold.net @retr0.id 👀

Traditional proverb:

A watched DNS record never propagates

This is *huge*

A while back, I was concerned about ATProto platforms using different lexicons diverging and fragmenting the space, but the long-formers (@leaflet.pub @pckt.blog @offprint.app) are setting an incredible example of how to build together 👏🏼

More of this, please!

at risk of a bunch of people saying “well actually you should have done it this way”, here’s a lil write up on adding trending topics to bluesky

hailey.at/posts/3mcy5b...